916-780-4449 (0ffice)
916-258-5420 ( Cell - text preferred)
Karen_McKinney@heald.edu
Office hours: by appointment
Homework Policy
All assignments are due at the beginning of class.
100% eligible credit for assignments turned in on time (in person, via email (I will email you back that I received it - if you do not hear from me, please follow up), via LLRC/with receipt)
20% deduction on all late assignments - up to 5 days late.
0% credit - any assignment turned in after 5 days past due. If you turn it in during the following class session you will not receive credit. I must be allowed time to correct your assignments to I can update the gradebook and return your assignments during the next class session.
Monday class - late assignments due by Friday
Tuesday class - late assignments due by Saturday
Friday class - late assignments due by Tuesday
If you are going to absent or late, you are still held accountable to these due dates.
NO EXCEPTIONS - manage your time wisely. Employers expect due dates to be managed. Please communicate with me if you are having trouble managing your workload. This class is to prepare you for the workplace. We have 11 weeks to accomplish a tremendous amount of work. Time to Get In, Get Out and GET AHEAD!!! :)
You will have the opportunity to make up one major missed assignment. The following assignments are eligible for make up. They must be completed within 5 days of their original due date.
Resume
Informational Interview
Week 1 - 1/26/15-1/30/15
If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there. - George Harrison A goal properly set is halfway reached.” ~ Zig Ziglar
(This is a worksheet to help write your personal commercial. Please type the assignment in a Word document.)
Week 2 - 2/2/15-2/6/15
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.–Theodore Roosevelt, (1858-1919) 26th President of the United States
Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiseling and scraping and polishing.” ~ B.C. Forbes
Monday Class -
Resume Review with Career Services Advisor (100 pts)
Karen McKinney
916-780-4449 (0ffice)916-258-5420 ( Cell - text preferred)
Karen_McKinney@heald.edu
Office hours: by appointment
Homework Policy
All assignments are due at the beginning of class.
Week 1 - 1/26/15-1/30/15
If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there. - George Harrison
A goal properly set is halfway reached.” ~ Zig Ziglar
Volunteering as a Pathway to Employment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBLIuDTvrxs
Personal Commercial YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyww7eRVj3E
Simon Sinek - Start With Why - TED Talk Short Edited: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPYeCltXpxw
HANDOUTS:
Personal Commercial Worksheet.pdf
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(This is a worksheet to help write your personal commercial. Please type the assignment in a Word document.)Week 2 - 2/2/15-2/6/15
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it. – Theodore Roosevelt, (1858-1919) 26th President of the United States
Presentations:
Handouts:
Week 3 - 2/9/15-2/13/15
Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiseling and scraping and polishing.” ~ B.C. ForbesLinkedIn Webinar Part 1:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/53689467
LinkedIn Webinar Part 2:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/54292127
LinkedIn Webinar Part 1:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/53689467
LinkedIn Webinar Part 2:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/54292127
LinkedIn Webinar Part 1:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/53689467
LinkedIn Webinar Part 2:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/54292127
Homework Assignments:
Complete assignments electronically using the Word documents below. .
Week 4 - 2/16/15-2/20/15
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” ~ Muhammad AliFinal Resume Due
Final Resume Due
Final Resume Due
Handouts:
Copy and paste information off the internet into the Professional Associations worksheet
Week 5 2/23/15-2/27/15
Week 6 3/2/15-3/6/15
How To Dress For Your Career With $100 Or Less with Ashley Poulin
Read more at http://www.careerealism.com/dress-career-100-or-less/#EzOK5efJAh5u3ffY.99
Week 7 3/9/15-3/13/15
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Handouts -
Week 8 3/16/15-3/20/15
Job Descriptions for Mock Interviews:
Medical Assisting:Medical Office Administration:
Medical Insurance Billing & Coding:
Pharmacy Technician:
Paralegal:
Information Technology:
Business Administration/Entrepreneurship:
Accounting:
Dental Assisting:
Criminal Justice:
Week 9 3/23/15-3/27/15
LinkedIn Webinar Part 1:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/53689467
LinkedIn Webinar Part 2:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/54292127
LinkedIn Webinar Part 1:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/53689467
LinkedIn Webinar Part 2:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/54292127
Week 10 3/31/15-4/3/15
Week 11 4/6/15-4/10/15
Online Library and Learning Resources
Heald Student Information:
Heald CARES Assistance Program: http://healdcares.com